(laughter) now my pole is a flagpole. (applause) >> my pole is a flagpole, too. (laughter) >> but my granddaughter natalie do this. >> this is her story about when her dad was deployed. >> oh, that's lovely. do you look to any other second ladies for inspiration. for instance, perhaps happy rockefeller or fluoride calhoun from the 1830s. >> definitely fluoride. >> stephen: she's a big inspiration to us, she's from south carolina. >> no, i'm just... you know, i'm jill biden and i'm a military mom, i'm a teacher, i'm just me. second lady. captain of the vice team. >> stephen: captain of the vase team? (applause) well thank you so much for joining us. dr. biden. the book is "don't forget. god bless our troops." we'll be right back. (cheers and applause)

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[applause] at 11:30, you can go up to the flagpole and look down to see the uss decatur make the pass under the bridge. another extra surprise for all of us, later this weekend, an aircraft carrier, the uss nimitz, will also sale underneath the bridge. it is my honor to extend our appreciation to those in the military community and those in the san francisco fleet week committee. thank you for organizing this weekend. [applause] thank you very much. >> thank you so much. now i would like to welcome two civic leaders known and loved throughout our city for their civic leadership and for their service. nancy hellman of the presidio trust and the larrybair -- and larry bair of the standards as the giant. we were pleased when they both agree to co-chair as our celebration. the steering committee has been to critical to success of this anniversary. have spearheaded the yearlong program of events and tributes, the anniversary weekend events, and have raised corporate and philanthropic funds to support this effort. nancye and mary, i invite you to introduce the ceremony of opening our annive

[applause] at 11:30, you can go up to the flagpole and look down to see the uss decatur make the passer the bridge. another extra surprise for all of us, later this weekend, an aircraft carrier, the uss nimitz, will also sale underneath the bridge. it is my honor to extend our appreciation to those in the military community and those in the san francisco fleet week committee. thank you for organizing this weekend. [applause] thank you very much.

he shows off his unique ability to balance on flagpoles.med this stunt in landmarks across taiwan. he plans to embark on a world tour taking into europe, the united states. i think he should have kept his day job. >> a boy it was posing with his father in front of a sleeping lion. on woke up.e lights and woke u there was another memorable visit. do you remember that? >> there you go. 76 degrees on tv hill. >> we have a bad situation along the top side of the beltway. >> it was kind of a rough start this morning with big thunderstorms. things are settling down. here is a live shot from pimlico. 78 degrees at the airport. good morning! wow. want to start the day with something heart healthy and delicious? you're a talking bee... honey t cheerios has whole grain oats that can help lower cholesterol. and it tastes good? sure does! right... ♪ wow. delicious, right? yeah. it's the honey, it makes it taste so... ♪ well, would you look at the time... what's the rush? be happy. be healthy. >> welcome back to 11 news today. 6:44. police say a pedestr

that flagpole is to honor harvey milk and his election in 1977 and is always a thrill to watch the flag> there is, a symbol of global unity, a symbol that is seen all over the globe. gilbert baker, what a treat for you to do this year. enjoy your week as the grand marshal. >> thanks and thanks to channel 5 >> this weekend, how wonderful. everywhere you go in the world you see that flag and the fact that one of our local boys from san francisco is the man behind it a big party this weekend all over the city of san francisco. it will be special for us all >> it is an unbelievable parade. >> another drop in new jobless claims but it is a modest decline >> jason brooks is here to talk about confirmation that the job market is stuck in neutral, a labor department says that first-time claims dropped just a little bit but the prior week was revised higher. the fed acted yesterday expanding operation twist through the end of this year. there is really limited action they can do with interest rates already at record lows. we have a flat open, let's take a look at the numbers. onyx pharmaceutical

a flagpole.6:25. >> power pole. 40 million americans are addicted to a drug whether it's nicotine, alcohol or something else. tracie potts is live in washington with more on the findings of a new study. good morning. >> reporter: laura, good morning. 80 million according to this columbia university study have risky behavior when it comes to those substances, perhaps not to the point of addiction, but still causing problems. 90%, 90% columbia says, go untreated. even though if you do receive treatment aren't receiving what they consider evidence-based treatment, in other words, the treatment that evidence has proven that actually works. one of the problems, the report says, is that doctors aren't screening and aren't trained to screen for addictions and counselors in many areas aren't required to have training though many do in 14 state there is is no license or certification required for counselors working with people with addiction. and then there's the cost. $28 billion a year according to this

. >> reporter: the candlelight vigil will be at this flagpole here in front of washington high school. about 400 people showed up, many of them friends and former classmates of seierra lamar. this is where she attended high school before moving with her mother down to morgan hill. sierra vanished back on er h near her home, about two and a half months ago. this rally is happening the day after garcia-torres, the man charged with the murder and kidnapping, appeared in court for the second time but he did not enter a plea. we're hearing sierra lamar's family will be here. they have shown up at previous rallies and vigils here in fremont. a place where sierra spent most of her childhood. we do expect people to show up in a bit with the vigil and rally beginning at 7:00. we're live here in fremont, george kiriyama, nbc bay area news. >>> the mother of a 5-year-old redwood city boy allegedly kicked and deprived of food by a special ed teacher wants more than a million dollars in damages. cortes took the first step to suing 44-year-old alexia and several district officials by filing at the

mean if i'm doing something complex and sophisticated, you know what, let's run it up and down the flagpolesn't an issue of trust. we got complacent around the issues regardless of trust. >> on april 13th on the conference call when you kaupt called this a tempest in a teapot people said one of two things, either you weren't telling the truth or you didn't know. >> i didn't know. do you think i'd be crazy enough to say something i knew to be a lie? i had spoken to people. they had done a report. they had come back. almost everyone up and down the line thought it was temporary, a small thing, blown way out of proportion. i obviously believed it. i obviously was wrong. >> when did you know? if it wasn't april 13th -- >> late in april. we still westbound reviewing it. we had a small review. problems became more consistent. we called in top teams from investment bank, experts in synthetic credit. it took them days. when they came back, this was a bigger, more sophisticated, far more potential risk exposure than what we thought on april 13th. >> what was your first reaction when you were told th

that sounds like it went right up the flagpole. >> you're exactly right. in fact the head of, if you will, the criminal division probably considered to be number three there, and ultimately is responsible for all of these criminal investigations, including the wiretaps, and the people that work for him obviously all the way up the chain. this is one of the big questions we have, not just on behalf of brian terry's family, but also on behalf of the american people, aren't there supposed to be protections in the wiretap process. aren't there supposed to be checks and balances against rogue operations. they would like you to believe this was a rogue operation but then the checks and balances didn't work and the people responsible for them not working still are on the job and they're political appointees in many cases. >> that's the thing. political appointees. that's just where i wanted to go because it sounds like up to now, before you secured this new information, they were trying to protect the political appointees, push it down or push it away. i don't se

. >> "wall street journal" don't chain lambs to the flagpole.>> we haven't done that story yet. we don't have time to get into that one. we'll visit that tomorrow. >>> still ahead on "starting point," cyberwarfare against iran, missing nukes in pakistan, new trouble in china. a new book looks at president obama's secret wars and sheryl crow diagnosed with brain tumor. is it making her forget the song lyrics? you're watching "starting point." we're back in just a moment. [ female announcer ] i found the best cafe in the world. ♪ nespresso. where there's a grand cru to match my every mood. ♪ where just one touch creates the perfect cup. where no one makes a better cappuccino, latte, or espresso than me. and where clothing is optional. nespresso. the best cafe. yours. >>> welcome back, everybody. let's get right to the headlines. christine romans has a look at that. >> good morning again, soledad. mitt romney's campaign confirming it is investigating whether mitt romney had his private e-mail account hacked. an unanimous hacker signed into romney's

an indication that the republican leadership does not want to make this a flag they will run uphe flagpoleomorrow. having said that, i am going to say no. it is grandstanding. the substance of what they are claiming as the charge for that contempt i think is not based on substance or fact. host: there is one story about the national rifle association looking at members of your party. raising the vortte stakes. the story says -- guest: one of the, if not the most powerful lobby that affect decision making in congress, are going to score and they are going to have an effect. they do every time. they have been successful putting guns in public parks and have been successful with other efforts. i anticipate they will do the same thing under the threat that horrible things will happen if they do not vote the way nra wants. this has nothing to do with the second amendment. it has to do with an agency responsible for eliminating some of the weapons that go across the border by gun runners that should not go across the border. i think if the nra really cared about border security, they would sit d

he was out by the flagpole, the teacher came up to find out what was wrong and he looked up at her andy. and then four years later when he's 10, they're talking about what they want for christmas. you know, the brother wants a truck or whatever. little chris christie wanted a law book. >> little chris christie became governor of new jersey and maybe even a running mate. would certainly make everything exciting for everybody covering it and help your book, bob. that's not what you're concerned about. >> it would help the book but would be a fun race for a change. he's very unpredictable. >> that's very true as you are. author of the new book called "chris christie, the inside story of his rise to power." great to see you again. >> thank you, sir. >> coming up ahead on our show, we have a lot of show left, president obama teaming up with the attorney general to keep congress from getting the information it wants. senator obama wouldn't be happy with himself right now. >> the president is not the attorney general's client. the people are. >> so why the change of heart? we'll look at the f

bank of international settlements having one view of how central banks have run it as far up the flagpoleu see george soros, who knows what his position is, thinking that thursday and friday are going to have to come up with something significant. it doesn't look like that is the case, given all the issues that germany isn't going to stand up for. and bund rates have moved. but let's get to all the charts. you look at our ten, we're down. if you look at the bund, all the hedge funds seem to be ganging up. you saw how the rates popped up a bit. not today, they're leading the pack, down ten basis points. for the big stories, italy. italy's down about 13, 14 basis points, getting closer and closer to 6%. spain is up about 17 basis points and it's around 6.5%. these are very significant levels. the other thing we have this week after i just said all that, $99 billion in u.s. supplies, twos, fives, sevens. back to you. >> thank you very much, rick. oil prices moving lower. let's go to sharon epperson at the nymex. >> what's new is with the lows of the seg right now. and of course, it is much o

they had the power to make that decision without running it up the flagpole to the highest officer of law enforcement. there needs to be entire investigation of how the atf operates in this government. s who think theyi can do what they do without prior approval. i am frightened to think what will be going on today had agent brian terry not been murdered. would we even know about fast and furious and the wide receiver? that is the seminal question we should be asking ourselves. how things can go on in any department in this government in the nature that the wide receiver works. as outrageous as that was. and not have known at the highest levels of government. but also associate myself with mr. quicklgley. gun walking is going on right now. we are continuing to aid and abet the cartels and mexico because we do not have the guts to do anything about the loopholes that exist in terms of gun ownership. he compared them anywhere you want. >> if you are so insistent, thank you 4. if you are insisting, does he want to see the document? >> we have received 7000 documents. we have them more th